Monday, April 18, 2011

Ballard's for inspiration

I LOVE Ballard designs. Who doesn't? Oh and Pottery Barn, Restoration Hardware and a little Z-gallery. I dream of these places. I get every single catalog of these stores. Every time one comes in the mail I cherish ever page turned. Obsession? Maybe, but It does strike up my creativity. I saw this in Ballard's recent home catalog:

Isn't she just lovely??? I can't get enough of chandeliers. Seriously, I could have one in every room. They are so elegant and classy. So can you guess how much Ballard's wants for this lovely art work? $289. Yep as in two hundred and eighty nine dollars. I don't know about you, but I can't and wouldn't spend almost 300 dollars on something that I could do my own version of.

So I first sketched out my own version of the design on a 11x14 canvas (theirs is 40x40 too big for me. Besides I already had the 11x14 sitting in a closet):

I then painted it all black:

I then painted the background cream and blotted some black through it. I also blotted some cream on the chandelier:

Finally I added strokes of silver paint through the whole painting:

LOVE IT! I think this painting would look amazing on a piece of plywood too (instead of canvas). That way you could distress it a bit too.

By the way almost finished with my furniture piece. Can't wait to do a post on it!